Broadcom to Present at Upcoming Conferences
IRVINE, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation
(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications, will be participating in the Merrill Lynch Technology
Conference 2008 on May 7, 2008, and the JP Morgan 36th Annual Technology
Conference on May 19, 2008. The company's presentations, which may include
information regarding current and future products and technologies, end market
trends, and the company's current financial prospects, will be available to
the public via audio webcast.
Broadcom's presentation at the Merrill Lynch Technology Conference will
take place at 10:30 am Eastern Time (7:30 am Pacific Time) Wednesday, May 7th
at the Westin Times Square Hotel in New York, New York.
Broadcom's presentation at the JP Morgan 36th Annual Technology Conference
will take place at 1:40 pm Eastern Time (10:40 am Pacific Time) Monday, May
19th at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
To listen to these webcasts, or to view any financial or other statistical
information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investors section
of Broadcom's website at www.broadcom.com/investors. A replay of each
webcast will be made available within 24 hours of the presentation, and will
be accessible for two weeks thereafter.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in
semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom(R) products
enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the
home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's
broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions
to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment
and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our
core mission: Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies,
with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 2,600 U.S. and 1,200
foreign patents, more than 7,450 additional pending patent applications, and
one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and
wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research
facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at
+1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.
Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements:
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release and
Broadcom's presentations at the conferences referenced above, other than
statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current
expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry,
management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are
subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words
such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes,"
"seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential,"
"continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of
these words. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, references to our expectations regarding customer orders and
future revenue growth. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that
could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those
expressed in any forward-looking statement. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to:
-- general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in
the markets we address, including the continuing volatility in the
technology sector and semiconductor industry, trends in the broadband
communications markets in various geographic regions, including
seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are
incorporated, and possible disruption in commercial activities related
to terrorist activity or armed conflict;
-- the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer
orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to
manage inventory;
-- the gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order;
-- the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt
Broadcom's technologies and products in our target markets;
-- our ability to scale our operations in response to changes in demand
for our existing products and services or demand for new products
requested by our customers;
-- our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce,
market and transition to volume production new products and
technologies in a cost-effective and timely manner;
-- our dependence on a few significant customers for a substantial
portion of our revenue;
-- risks and uncertainties resulting from Broadcom's recent equity award
review, including potential claims and proceedings related to such
matters, such as shareholder litigation and any action by the SEC,
U.S. Attorney's Office or other governmental agency that could result
in civil or criminal sanctions against the company and/or certain of
our current or former officers, directors or employees, or other
actions taken or required as a result of the review;
-- intellectual property disputes and customer indemnification claims and
other types of litigation risk;
-- our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical
personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the
experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to
implement our business and product plans;
-- the effectiveness of our expense and product cost control and
reduction efforts;
-- the quality of our products and any potential remediation costs;
-- the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry,
assembly and test capacity and raw materials;
-- the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new
fabrication and assembly and test facilities;
-- problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to
smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels
of design integration;
-- our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and
evolving industry standards and to identify opportunities in new
markets;
-- delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in our
target markets;
-- changes in our product or customer mix;
-- the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume
sales;
-- competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification,
availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and
the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products;
-- the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our
products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification;
-- fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party
semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the
fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products;
-- the risks and uncertainties associated with our international
operations, particularly in light of terrorist activity, armed
conflict or political unrest; and
-- the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange
Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk
factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our
business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking
statements in this release and Broadcom's presentations at the conferences
referenced above speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no
obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except
required by law.
Broadcom(R), the pulse logo, Connecting everything(R) and the Connecting
everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its
affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any
other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective
owners.
Broadcom Media Relations Contact
Bill Blanning
Vice President, Global Media Relations
949-926-5555
blanning@broadcom.com
Broadcom Investor Relations Contact
T. Peter Andrew
Vice President, Corporate Communications
949-926-5663
andrewtp@broadcom.com
SOURCE Broadcom Corporation; BRCM Corporate
Media Relations, Bill Blanning, Vice President, Global Media Relations,
+1-949-926-5555, blanning@broadcom.com, or Investor Relations, T. Peter
Andrew, Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-949-926-5663,
andrewtp@broadcom.com, both of Broadcom Corporation
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